618.705 - False statements, complaints or entries; concealment of information.

618.705  False statements, complaints or entries; concealment of information.  Any person who:

      1.  Knowingly makes a false statement or representation of a material fact;

      2.  Knowingly files a false oral or written complaint alleging that a violation of a safety or health standard exists that threatens physical harm, or that an imminent danger exists;

      3.  Knowingly fails to disclose a material fact in any document, report or other information; or

      4.  Willfully makes a false entry in, or willfully conceals, withholds or destroys any books, records or statements required under the provisions of this chapter,

Ê shall be punished by a fine of not more than $20,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or by both fine and imprisonment.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1023; A 1989, 472)